In some countries, it is prohibited to use WiFi without a government permit (certification). If you live in such country, this memo can help you.

You may think it is very easy to disable WiFi interface using the OpenWRT bare control panel LuCi.http://arduino.local/cgi-bin/luci/admin/network/wireless

However, you will be noticed that Yun will reboot every 60 seconds if the WiFi interface is disabled. This behavior is intended by the Yun developer. You have to bypass or "fool" the WiFi detection function in Yun. This requires a small modification to the Yun's Linux part.

Here is an Arduino sketch to make such modification.https://gist.github.com/sgk/6641198https://gist.github.com/sgk/6641198/raw/c6c36b2c8a9d62036b11335f6515ce3c5ce03ee6/PatchYun.ino

After successfully compiling and running the sketch on Yun, just open a Serial Monitor. You will see messages like "Paching..." and "...Done.". If you see a blue LED to light without flashing, the modification is successful. The sketch does following changes.

Remove a utility that enables the WiFi hardware.

Disable to run the WiFi detection daemon which reboots after 60 seconds if WiFi could not be enabled.

Changed the blue LED meaning to indicate the Linux boot completion by lighting (not flashing).

Protect the above changes to continue after the factory reset.

I filed an issue for this, and I hope Yun will have this functionality in the next release.https://github.com/arduino/linino/issues/5

Federico, thanks for your prompt answer. I guess I lack enough (Linux?) experience to understand how to edit the file as suggested on the Post. Besides, is it possible to do it under program control? Could you give some guidelines as how should it be done?

Federico, per your response, as I will need to connect the Yun to another computer it is my understanding that I won't be able to do it (WiFi enable/disable) just under Yun's own control. Am I correct?

LoFiCase

Hello,The Yun is my very first in the arduino world,its been pretty fun and a great experience so far.The unit works great but when i ran this patch I can't seem to get Wifi working anymore so the patch works a charm shutting it off.

Now after spending some time reading I realized its not a practical way of disabling it and feeling a bit embarrassed about it So here I am.I tried all 3 methods of resetting but it seems to be written to a part of (flash?) memory that dosen't get reset.

Instead of like how it was before the patch (blue wlan led flashing) it stays solid blue even after all resets and wifi don't workand appears disabled in the logon page when using ethernet.

At first I was wanting to shut it off since I was wanting to experiment on the ethernet side, now that i done some of that was wanting to turn wifi back on to give that a go.

So my question is could some kind person make a reverse patch or a way to get wifi going again? Here i am breaking stuff already lol anyways I would be greatful

You can try replacing file /lib/firstboot/20_reset_clear_jffs with the one you can download from herehttps://github.com/arduino/linino/blob/master/trunk/package/base-files/files/lib/firstboot/20_reset_clear_jffsThen issue a factory reset (press the wlan rst button for more than 30 seconds)